Mumbai: Contraceptive use is dropping across the city while its fertility rate shrinks so rapidly that surveyors have struggled to find enough infants to track vaccination rates. At the same time, Mumbai’s malnutrition rates remain stagnant—and have even worsened in the suburbs—even as neighbouring Pune has managed to cut its child undernutrition in half.These startling…
Bengaluru: Dr YC Janardhan Reddy, who took charge as interim director of National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences (Nimhans) on Sept 1, spoke to TOI about the institute’s growing patient load, plans to improve access to care and the challenges posed by its highly centralised model. He outlined why expanding Nimhans alone may not…
Chennai: Husbands who carry out the official duties of their wives, who are elected representatives, are effectively impersonating them, social justice minister Vanni Arasu said at the Women’s Safety and Gender Justice Conference at Ripon Buildings on Wednesday.The conference was organised by theGreater Chennai Corporation’s (GCC) Gender & Policy Lab (GPL) in collaboration with the…
Hyderabad: A 65-year-old retired chief manager of a public sector bank was allegedly duped of over Rs 98 lakh by cyber fraudsters who posed as representatives of a private bank and lured him into investing through a fake trading app. The victim, a PhD holder in economics, told Cyberabad police that he joined a WhatsApp…
Gurgaon: Nearly a month after a two-year-old boy was injured after being hit by a car in Sector 69, police Tuesday registered a case against the driver for allegedly driving rashly and negligently and causing injuries to the child.Police said that the father of the victim lodged a complaint Tuesday as he was busy with…
A staffer of Lake View School takes down a photo of Mao Tse-tung Kolkata: A controversy erupted at Lake View School in Dhakuria on Wednesday after representatives of Akhil Bharatiya Rashtriya Shaikshik Mahasangh (ABRSM), an RSS-affiliated school teachers’ wing, staged a protest demanding the removal of portraits of communist figures — such as Karl Marx,…
Four arrested for killing Noida realtor & stealing his car Prashant Sharma_Noida murder victim Four arrested for killing Noida realtor & stealing his car Prashant Sharma_Noida murder victim Four arrested for killing Noida realtor & stealing his car Noida: A real estate businessman who went missing from Greater Noida on Sept 16 was allegedly strangled…
Panaji: With Goa’s monsoon season set to end with a nearly 32% deficit, the water resources department (WRD) has initiated measures to conserve the storage in Goa’s reservoirs. Minister for water resources Subhash Shirodkar told TOI that the state has halted supply to Verna and Mormugao talukas from Selaulim reservoir, and has begun alternatively lifting…
Gorakhpur: Chief minister Yogi Adityanath said on Wednesday that revered saints of Gorakshpeeth played a pivotal role in the Ram Janmabhoomi movement and devoted their lives to the cause of the Ram temple, society and the nation.Addressing a tribute meeting on the 12th death anniversary of Mahant Avaidyanath and the concluding day of the week-long…
AMC has intensified inspections at sites harbouring larvae Ahmedabad: Dengue has raised its ugly head in the city, with Sept being a particularly severe month when infections surged to a worrisome high. From Sept 1 to Sept 27, the city recorded 640 cases, according to data released by AMC’s health department on Tuesday. These cases…
